Read, Arthur Edward, Private, 894, 1st/6th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Disembarked for service 28th February 1915
Born Matlock, Derbyshire
Enlisted Matlock
Resided Manchester, Lancashire
Killed in action 29th July 1915 aged 25
Son of James D. Read, of 3, Miller Avenue, Toronto West, Ontario, and the late Sarah L. Read.
Buried in Maple Copse Cemetery, Ypres, Special Memorial B, 18

1911 Census
A cotton doubling mill doffer
Lodging at the home of Hannah Elizabeth Sheldon, of 28, Cromford Hill, Cromford, Derbyshire

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(Article from the Derbyshire Courier, 14th August 1915)

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